C-NS girls golfers win sectional tournament

By PHil Blackwell

A memorable season for the Cicero-North Syracuse Blue girls golf team culminated with its victory in last Tuesday’s Section III Division I tournament at Kanon Valley Country Club.

By claiming team honors, the Northstars backed up the Salt City Athletic Conference Metro division regular-season title it earned with back-to-back wins over Fayetteville-Manlius Green the week before.

Isabella Borte and Lindsay Kubala led C-NS Blue, each of them shooting 91 to tie for fourth place among individuals as Sauquoit Valley’s Kameryn Yerman posted an 82 to win the individual medal. Jessica Riccardi tied for 10th with a 91. C-NS, among the large schools, and Vernon-Verona-Sherrill, among small schools, earned berths in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association team tournament to take place June 3-5 at Edison Country Club in Rexford, near Saratoga Springs.

Due to their top finish, Borte and Kubala will be in the individual NYSPHSAA tournament, too, joining a Section III group that includes Yerman, Sarah Burgess (JamesvilleDeWitt), Evie Denton (Rome Free Academy), Hana Kang (CBA), Amitees Fazeli (Manlius Pebble Hill) , Ellie Secor (Remsen) and Alana Weaver (Sauquoit). Ricciardi is an alternate.

Golfers from C-NS and Liverpool also took part in Wednesday’s boys golf Section III state qualifier at Seven Oaks.

Five liverpool High school seniors recently participated in a national letter of intent signing day ceremony at the school. signing letters of intent or commitment were Jakeira stackhouse – college of staten island, girls basketball; kerry Hunter – le Moyne college,swimming; Jailyn Parrott – st. Joseph’s university, soccer; Jacob Makhlouf – le Moyne college, track; and Mya wright – albany college of Pharmacy & Health services, soccer.

In all, 21 golfers advanced to the final round, but the Northstars’ Sean Lawler and Jack Wolanski missed that cut, as did Liverpool’s duo of Dom Osbeck and Joe Sacco, both of whom played two days before returning to boys lacrosse for the sectional semifinal against C-NS.